Steamy Spotlight: Interview with Martha Waters

Summary:In this month's Steamy Spotlight episode, Kelly interviews author Martha Waters about her debut novel, To Have and To Hoax (on sale April 7th, 2020), her favorite book-spirations, and of course, how she's surviving the long days of quarantine. Guest: Martha Waters Show Notes: - Surviving the Covid-19 Quarantine - Writing/reading romance at this time - hardship or escape?- Coming together through isolation - Tips and tricks for surviving social-distancing (long Jane Austen-esque walks)- A toast to "Future Martha" for reaching her deadline- Martha's romance origin story: Georgette Heyer and Julia Quinn- The Best of Regency Romance: Eloisa James, Tessa Dare, & Sarah MacLean- A switch to the new "rom com" with The Hating Game by Sally Thorne- Writing Children's and Young Adult (YA) vs. Writing Romance- Separating your day job from your passion projects- Martha's obsession with consumption, the "most romantic way to die"- Anne of the Island Spoiler Alert! - Introducing To Have and To Hoax (which began as a NaNoWriMo project)- Morning bird or night owl?- Setting a timer for writing ala Lauren Graham- Recommended: Anything Lucy Parker (even non-romance readers will love)- If you missed it, I read Act Like It by Lucy Parker on an episode of Too Stupid to Live- Recommended: Kate Clayborn - fantastic real, dreamy book boyfriends - To Have and To Hoax: Pride and Prejudice meets "First Wives Club" - So much more than a debut novel - A quick note on reviews... keep them positive or keep them to yourself- A brief summary of To Have and To Hoax from Martha (it only took 35 minutes to get here)- This one's for the Friends fans: "The One Where Everyone Finds Out" - A sneak peek at Martha's next book, To Love and To Loathe, out in 2021 - Reimagining Friends in the Regency Era: "The One with the Regency Romance" - Martha's inspirations: sitcoms, Regency romance, and screwball comedies - What's up next for Martha? Lots of possibilities and ideas...- Martha's take on why so many adults enjoy YA novels- Advice to "noobies": read a subgenre that appeals to you!- Kelly loves her military/Navy SEAL romances- Who has the secret book of names for romance heroes?- The beginning of a beautiful friendship :)Follow Boobies & Noobies on Twitter, Instagram, & Facebook @boobiespodcast*Boobies & Noobies is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts*